Dion Dawkins

Buffalo Bills

Pos LT

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

82.2 MODEL

2017

79.9

2018

79.3

2019

78.0

2020

82.6

2021

88.3

2022

80.2

2023

83.5

2024

87.2

2025

80.2

2026

82.2

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

Nine straight years as starting LT plus three Pro Bowls and the 2024 tier 3 (#24) peak make Dawkins one of the cornerstone protectors of Josh Allen's career. The 2025 tier 6 (#45) drop at age 32 after the Pro Bowl-level 2024 raises the late-career trajectory question. The 2026 question is whether Buffalo extends him through age 34 or whether they use a high pick to plan succession.

Dawkins came out of Temple as the Buffalo Bills' 2nd-round pick (63rd overall) in 2017 and has held the LT job for nine straight seasons. He has made three consecutive Pro Bowls (2022-2024) protecting Josh Allen's blind side and is the longest-tenured offensive lineman of the Bills' Allen era. His STTM career arc runs through tier 4 (#31) in 2021, tier 6 (#43) in 2022, tier 5 (#39) in 2023, the tier 3 (#24) Pro Bowl peak in 2024, then back to tier 6 (#45) in 2025 at age 32.

Strengths

Three straight Pro Bowls (2022-2024) plus the 2024 tier 3 (#24) peak protecting Josh Allen confirms he was one of the top-25 LTs in football at career peak.
Nine straight years at starting LT for the same team is the kind of position stability fewer than ten active LTs can claim.

Concerns

Tier 3 (#24) in 2024 to tier 6 (#45) in 2025 is a 21-spot drop in one year that lines up with the structural age-32 decline at LT.
Buffalo's cap and roster build around Allen's QB contract limits the runway to extend Dawkins beyond his current deal.

What to watch: Whether Dawkins returns to tier 4 or better in 2026 with Buffalo's offensive line healthy, or whether the 2025 tier 6 finish marks the start of the late-career decline.